Aver
[ə'vɜː]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A work horse, or working ox.
(v. t.) To assert, or prove, the truth of.
(v. t.) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.
(v. t.) To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
手打:利奥波德
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Assert, affirm, declare, asseverate, protest, avouch, allege, say, pronounce, predicate.
费理斯編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to declare to be true: to affirm or declare positively: (law) to prove or justify a plea:—pr.p. aver′ring; pa.p. averred.—n. Aver′ment positive assertion: (law) a formal offer to prove a plea: the proof offered.
編輯:朗达
例句/造句/用法:
- Pareamo aver qui tutto il ben raccolto Che fra mortali in piu parte si rimembra. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I believe, sir, if she were dying, she would smile, and aver, 'Nothing ails me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Wouldn't have offended either gentleman for the world, she averred. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- No one ventured on board the vessel, and strange sights were averred to be seen at night, walking the deck, and hanging on the masts and shrouds. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Something or somebody has been here, was sagely averred. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The public was skeptical, however, and some averred that he was a lightning calculator who did sums in his head and printed them on the machine. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- She averred they were a mystery to herself, and that what she knew was chiefly from conjecture. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- He said I was a capricious witch, and that he would rather sing another time; but I averred that no time was like the present. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- A Pisan antiquarian gave me an ancient tear-jug which he averred was full four thousand years old. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Which 'Tom' denied; averring that he should always be equally proud of it, under all circumstances. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
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